Cubs' MVP: Aramis Ramirez (.311 WPA)
Ramirez started the run-scoring with a two out RBI single in the first. The big knock, of course, was his two run walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th (.363 WPA). Ramirez made a lot of solid contact this game, and earned his first Game MVP of the season. Hopefully there will be more.
The Cubs' pitching staff not named John Grabow also deserves a big thumbs up in this game. Randy Wells was fantastic (.333 WPA) and would have earned MVP status if we don't factor in his hitting. Sean Marshall and Carlos Marmol compiled .511 WPA with 3.2 scoreless innings in relief.
Rockies' MVP: Todd Helton (.186 WPA)
Helton had a solid day at the plate, reaching base four times.
Cubs' LVP: Derrek Lee (-.277 WPA)
Lee was so bad at the plate yesterday that by the end of the game Lou should have seriously considered telling him to not even bring a bat to the plate. Lee struck out swinging with a man on 2nd in the first, grounded into inning-ending double plays in the third and the fifth, struck out again in the 8th, then made another out in the 11th (albeit a line-out) just before A-Ram's heroics. Five at-bats, seven outs. Yikes.
Rockies' LVP: Ian Stewart (-.473)
Ian Stewart was also allergic to baserunners last night, and was so bad he made Derrek Lee look like Mickey Mantle. In the fourth inning with one out, he struck out with the bases loaded. Then in the eighth he grounded into an inning ending double play, again with the bases loaded. He finished 0-5.
Biggest Hit of the Game:
Aramis' walkoff (.363 WPA)
Worst Out of the Game:
Stewart's double play in the 8th (-.287 WPA)
Big-Time Play That Easily Gets Lost In The Box Score:
In the top of the eighth, with men on first and second and nobody out and the Cubs clinging to a 2-1 lead, Marlon Byrd makes a terrific diving grab on a low liner from Troy Tulowitzki (.123 WPA).
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